A journey into an infinite dimension

“———<Crown of Ten (Domina Coronam)————Esquilinus>———”

As the love songs were sung, different magical rays of light lit up one by one on the bodies of the fully materialized 666 beasts. A storm mixed with thunder surged from the void; scorching lava spewed out from the earth; and a rainstorm with a biting cold air fell from the sky. All of these natural disasters were enough to cause the fall of any human city, but when they fell on Aziz Dahaka, they only caused a few seemingly insignificant wounds on His body.

The smelly blood dripped from the wound onto the ground, instantly causing a small mound to rise on the already bumpy ground. Then, two-headed dragons that looked similar to Aziz Dahaka broke out of the mound, roaring and screaming to announce their birth to the world.

But before these two-headed dragons could do anything, countless creatures shaped from glazed flames turned into a tsunami and swallowed them up. A few two-headed dragons that were left behind were entangled by the terrifying tentacles that suddenly attacked, and then struggled to be dragged into the huge mouth of the tentacle owner.

“————<Khvarenah>————”

The three-headed dragon had already identified the human in front of him who controlled his own kind as the biggest threat, so he relied on his powerful body to ignore the attacks of others and focused his attack on Aige.

Dazzling, fiery flashes converged within Aziz Dahaka's three ferocious mouths. The terrifying heat even caused the air around his mouth to twist like a whirlpool, and the sound of countless vapors evaporating could be heard from the very beginning.

“————〈Potnia Theron〉————”

A trace of solemnity flashed across her pretty face, and her right foot in small leather shoes stomped lightly on the ground. An invisible wave immediately spread out rapidly from Ai Ge as the center through the ground beneath her feet.

At this moment, everyone on the earth suddenly felt that their physical strength and magic power, which had been almost exhausted, were recovering rapidly at an incredible speed, and their injuries were completely healed.

Potnia Theron, this is the love song that does not come from the beast 666, but is a power that belongs to her alone.

This power is the power to create life at the same time as death, and is the embodiment of the power of the Mother Earth to create all things.

The Earth Mother Goddess used her own flesh and blood to feed humans, and then as time passed, she killed those humans and turned them into her own food to restore her own flesh and blood, and then used the restored flesh and blood to feed humans again.

This is the cycle of nature, the circle of the food chain itself. This cycle of life and death is the essence of Mother Earth.

All life born on earth cannot defy the power of the Mother Goddess, for this would be tantamount to defying the very system of life itself.

At this moment, Ai Ge is using this cycle of life and death to allow everyone to obtain an endless supply of magic and vitality. This is "life", and the "death" that provides this life is the two-headed dragon with an extremely high level of life born from the blood of Azi Dahaka.

In other words, this is a battle that will never end unless one side is completely killed.

It is precisely because of Ai Ge's power that Jia Ye and others can hold out for such a long time in the hands of Azi Dahaka without quitting the battle due to exhaustion of strength.

At the same time, everyone knew that Ai Ge was the key that had sustained them in the fight until now, so seeing that she was being targeted by Aziz Dahaka's terrifying breath, everyone tried their best to interrupt Aziz Dahaka.

If you were to ask what the most powerful strength of a Servant is, then without a doubt, everyone who understands a Servant would answer without hesitation: "Noble Phantasm".

“————<Requiem for Death>————”

Mozart waved his baton gracefully and swiftly, and countless faceless angels holding various musical instruments quietly descended around Aziz Dahaka. The requiem, which Mozart had been commissioned by the god of death to compose during his lifetime, not to "summon the merciless god of death" but to "comfort the merciful god of death," suddenly resounded throughout the space.

It is used to determine the resistance of magic and luck to the person who hears it. If the determination fails, the physical attributes will be forcibly reduced by two levels, and will continue to be cursed to ignore magic, abilities, and armor defenses; if the resistance is successful, the attributes will only be reduced by one level, and the power of the curse will be halved.

Aziz Dahaka's attributes in all aspects are of an extremely terrifying level. He has a weight and physical strength equivalent to the mass of a continent (Muscle Strength: EX); powerful physical strength derived from dragon stock (Durability: A++); shadow wings that can move a body as big as a continent at high speeds (Agility: A); enormous magic power also derived from dragon stock, which allows him to perform thousands of magic tricks without breathing (Magic Power: EX); an inherent barrier that is invincible against non-humans and a breath that is comparable to the sun (Noble Phantasm: EX).

Such a powerful Aziz Dahaka was fortunate to be ranked 'D', just one step away from the lowest level, due to his experiences in myths and legends, and his nature that was destined to be surpassed by humans.

Therefore, although Mozart's Noble Phantasm failed to judge Azi Dahaka's magic power, it succeeded in terms of luck.

The curse fell, and the feeling of sudden weakening of power caused Az Dahaka's breath, which had already been fully charged, to be quietly weakened a little. He turned his six pairs of ruby-red eyes to look at Mozart, and the shadow wings behind him suddenly changed into blades and swung towards the guy who caused him to become weak.

The sharp blade came through the air. As a Csater, Mozart, who was extremely weak in physical strength, was obviously unable to avoid it. However, facing the coming of death, he just stood there with a smile, without any movement.

“Roar, roar, roar——!”

boom! ! !

The figure of the blasphemous beast with seven heads and ten horns fell in front of Mozart like lightning, waving its claws and colliding heavily with the shadow blade, and a piece of telekinesis shield quietly shattered in the middle.

Although this seems insignificant, it is precisely because of the buffering of this telekinetic shield that the 666 beast was able to seize the pause of the shadow blade at that moment, turn its claws that were facing the blade and hit the edge of the shadow blade, successfully stopping the shadow blade's attack without getting injured.

“————<Sword of Blessed Strength (Ascalon)>————”

“————<Fantasy Greatsword: Balmung>————”

“————<Tarasque, the Sorrowful Dragon Who Doesn’t Know Love>————”

“————〈Turn around and give birth to the Samadhi of Fire (転体火生Samādhi)〉————”

“————《Roar, My Rage (La Grondement Du Haine)》————”

“————〈Lily in Bloom (Fleur de Lys)〉————”

“————<May the Lily Crown’s Glory Last Forever (Guillotine Breaker)>————”

“————〈Phoebus Catastrophe〉————”

“————<Hollowheart Albion>————”

Except for Jeanne, whose Noble Phantasm was not an offensive one, all the other Servants unfurled their own Noble Phantasms. Countless rays of light composed of fantasies and miracles simultaneously fell on the three heads of Aziz Dahaka, forcing him to deviate from the target just before launching the 'Halo of the Overlord (Khvarenah). The stellar light passed by Aige, who was unable to move freely in order to maintain the 'Womb of Beasts', and disappeared directly at the end of the horizon of 'The Glazed Fire Under the Stars and Moon'.

Because she had no treasure, Hong, who could only play a supporting role, stopped in boredom and gently hooked her slender fingers.

Countless mad dragons made of silk threads broke out of the ground, and took advantage of the gap between the old strength being gone and the new strength being born to tightly wrap around Azi Dahaka's limbs, three heads, wings and torso. The end of each mad dragon was connected to the hands of a servant, countless fire creatures and Shoggoths outside the range of the inherent barrier.

After a moment's breath, everyone who had just released their treasures simultaneously pulled hard on the silk threads in their hands. Thanks to Hong's ingenious binding method, although Azi Dahaka possessed continental-level strength, at this moment he was still tightly restricted in all his movements. Even if he wanted to use the force to exert force, he failed because the ground beneath his feet turned into swamp-like mud under Ai Ge's manipulation.

From then on, the arrogant Beast-V lost all his ability to move. All that was left was for the human Jiaye to deliver the weapon into his heart, and this war concerning the future of mankind would end with the victory of mankind.

But——is it really like that?

Watching with deep eyes as Jiaye stabbed his heart with the magic sword Balmung borrowed from Siegfried, Aziz Dahaka slowly closed his six pairs of ruby-like dragon eyes, and his consciousness fell into darkness.

......

......

After witnessing Aziz Dahaka's death, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

To put it bluntly, this was the toughest battle they had ever experienced, bar none.

Even Siegfried and Georgos, who had killed a dragon alone, even Martha, who had tamed a dragon, and Atalanta, who had fought the Calydonian boar and experienced the journey in search of the Golden Fleece, suddenly felt that their life experiences had been quite easy after the battle with Azi Dahaka.

At least they couldn't kill Azi Dahaka alone, let alone tame him. Even if all the members of the Argo came together, they couldn't defeat him.

Because they didn't have the strong support of Ai Ge at the beginning.

The physical strength of the dragon species is so terrifying that even if they have the ability to defeat Aziz Dahaka, they may be exhausted to death by him. Therefore, Ai Ge is the well-deserved MVP of the game, both in terms of assistance and damage.

After relaxing, Jia Ye's mind started to race, and he also ranked the damage of everyone present in his mind. Then he discovered something.

Aziz Dahaka's inherent barrier hasn't been lifted yet? ————!!!

[Mellucin, keep everyone away! !]

Melusin, who was originally excited about what kind of reward she would ask Jiaye for later, was stunned for a moment when she heard the urgent voice suddenly ringing in her mind.

puff! !

"Gaya——!!!!"

As everyone's eyes tightened, Aziz Dahaka, who should have been confirmed dead, suddenly opened his eyes again and pierced Jiaye's chest with a claw.

Blood was spilled all over the ground, severe pain spread throughout his body, and bright red blood and fragments of some internal organs gushed out of his throat uncontrollably. Even without lowering his head, Jia Ye could see the pale claws piercing through his chest. He maintained the posture of looking at Hong, Melusin and others not far away, and his beautiful flame-colored eyes gradually lost their luster.

Let's die together...

At the end of his consciousness, Jiaye used up his last bit of strength to expel everyone else from the inherent barrier, and at the same time pulled something down from the sky, and then completely lost all perception and consciousness.

“Ah ...

Naturally, Jiaye could no longer hear the last sound of grief, anger and despair.

Chapter 35 Death...?

Everything I have experienced in the past sixteen years of my life is now reflected on the lake in front of me, without missing a single detail. Even some things that have long been forgotten are now recalled again.

The fragments of life are repeated endlessly, from the beginning of self-awareness to being killed by Aziz Dahaka, and then repeating over and over again.

How much time has passed? I don’t know, because my concept and understanding of time have become very vague.

If the clip in front of me had not been sped up, then I would have watched it nearly ten times, and the time would have been close to 160 years.

Thinking of this, I slowly raised my head and looked at the sky——if that was really the sky.

It seems like there is nothing, and yet it seems like there is everything; it seems to be pitch black, and yet it seems to be other colors.

There was no end in sight, and looking at it for too long would only make my eyes hurt, so I looked away and turned to look at other things around me.

There was nothing there either, except for a lake in front of me, and even the scenery beneath my feet was the same endless scenery as the one above my head.

So, why am I here? Where is this place?

I walked to the edge of the lake, squatted down gently, and put my hand into the water.

The moment the fingertips touched the lake surface, circles of ripples quietly spread to the entire lake surface, as if a switch was touched, and the entire lake water seemed to suddenly boil. Circle after circle, countless ripples began to rise and fall, and soon the original tranquility of the lake surface was destroyed.

Looking at the red swaying in the ripples, I couldn't help but smile, but then it quickly subsided as if a stress response was triggered.

I'm not afraid of making Hong angry. Anyway...she can't see it now.

I defended myself feebly and powerlessly. Even if I didn't look at my reflection in the lake, I could tell how bitter and ugly the smile on my lips was at that moment.

But speaking of which, is this the Sanzu River in Huangquan?

So where is the Grim Reaper? Where is the Ferryman? Where is the Lycoris radiata?

Thinking of this, I glanced around at the empty scenery around me, and then looked at the lake in front of me that was still rippling.

"Jump in?"

I tried to speak, and when I found that my voice was not hindered, I asked myself the question.

Naturally, no one responded, but the footage reflected on the lake disappeared, replaced by a scene so familiar that it seemed like a live broadcast.

"..."

Speechlessly and choking with sobs, I looked at the familiar figure in the lake, who was looking at the same scenery, and the words "infinite nesting dolls" popped up in my mind.

I raised my right hand silently, and I saw the figure in the lake also raising his right hand. So, following the direction and perspective, I slowly turned around and looked behind me.

"Yeah, that's a nice expression. I'll take it without hesitation."

A figure that was swaying constantly but could barely be seen as a human figure was holding a camera and pointing it at Jia Ye. A neutral voice whose specific gender could not be heard came from his direction.

Click————

The sound of a shutter click could be heard. Jia Ye looked silently at the person fiddling with the camera. Then he walked over to him and leaned over to take a look at the photo he had just taken.

"It's a good film. I'll pay the copyright fee. Thank you."

Nodding slightly, Jia Ye gently patted his shoulder with a bright smile on his face.

"No way, I just took a picture of you and you want to kill me?"

The figure shook the camera in his hand and shouted a little exaggeratedly.

"No, a life means you give me a life, which means resurrecting me."

With a strange look on his face, he took a step back away from him. Thinking back to the feeling he had just had on his hand when he had patted his shoulder, Jia Ye felt that he was probably going to be silenced.

"Hey, why do you think we can revive you?"

But what relieved Jiaye was that the figure didn't seem to notice this, and just tilted what seemed to be his head and asked in confusion.

"Because it's just you and me here, and you look so suspicious, it's normal to have such speculation."

"I don't look suspicious! And calling a girl suspicious is too much!"

Hearing this, the figure immediately stamped his feet and shouted angrily.

"....I'm sorry, except for the feel of your hands, I really can't see how you look like a girl."

After a long silence, Jia Ye looked at him with pity and said.

"Don't describe it with the feel of your hands! I'm nothing!"

"Be good, even though you look hard to describe, don't give up on yourself and say you're nothing."

"I am nothing to begin with. You are the only ones who are things."

Waving his hand nonchalantly, the figure tossed the camera in his hand and let it disappear into the air beside him. Then he slowly walked to the edge of the lake, squatted on one knee, and put one hand into the water.

"As for my appearance, you can see it by your imagination."

"Imagine?"

Puzzled, Jiaye walked to the side of the figure and tried to picture Hong's appearance in his mind as she said.

Because he was very familiar with Hong, he completed his imagination in an instant. When Jia Ye returned his distracted attention to the figure in front of him, he was surprised to find that the figure squatting by the lake had turned into Hong.

"Oh, that's fast, it's on a subconscious level. It seems that the owner of this appearance is very important to you."

Looking at the reflection on the lake, 'Red' exclaimed in amazement.